Women in American History Resource Page

 

Oakton Community College
Department of Historical and Policy Studies

 

Click on the picture above to go to the official Rosie the Riveter website

 

Professor W. A. Sarti
Professor of History

 

 Email Prof. Sarti at wsarti@oakton.edu

 

Click on the picture for a database on the history of women’s periodicals

 

This site is designed to serve as a resource for American history, as well as a general repository of relevant sites and information for class or for basic research. Click on the links or pictures to be brought to that page.

 

Click on the picture for African American women archival collections

 

*Women’s Academic Resources

Women’s e-journals

Electronic Journals for Women's Studies

 

Women & Gender Studies E-Journals

 

Women’s studies journals

 

Click on the picture for more on Asian-American Women

Women’s History Resource Sites

Events: Celebrate Women's History Throughout the Year!

 

Women's History Manuscripts - Doing Research - General Women's History Resources

 

Women's History Resources

 

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

 

Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee History Pages

 

Click on the picture for the Department of Defense’s website on women in the military

Women in the Military

Captain Barb’s Women and the American Military website

 

*      American Women’s Literature Resources

              Women's Studies: Literature Resources

*      Recommended Multimedia Materials

                   Moving Images: American Women from the Library of Congress                  

 

Multimedia Sites: Women's History                  

         

Click on the link for a database on US Women’s suffrage

Official government websites

U.S. Federal Government: FirstGov.gov

 

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies

 

American Women: An Official Guide to their History

 

The U.S. Department of Labor Home Page, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao

 

FirstGov.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal

 

National First Ladies' Library

 

US Department of State - Home Page

Click on the picture of the famous prima ballerina, Evelyn Cisneros, for more on Hispanic American Women’s history

 

Click on the picture for more on Native American women’s history

 

 

Click on the animated lady for a history of fashion database

 

 

Last  updated 1 May 2011